Elijah Downie

Elijah Downie (died 1873) was an American lawman from Tucumcari, New Mexico. In 1873, he was a member of a posse assembled by Douglas R. Johnson, and he took part in the trial of captured outlaw Blake Wood. However, before the posse could hang Wood from a tree in rural Hanman County, they were ambushed and massacred by Comanche warriors.